Yes, indeed. Let me know next time one phones in, and I'll listen in. Should be interesting.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 09:01:06PM -0400, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: > > Indeed, Professor, like Hercules, but gods are a higher paygrade, and have > tenure. Still, it would be interesting to have a chat with the purported mind > that created or altered all this region. Advice would be nice, perhaps a > tweet now and then? > > Technically, those are demigods, of course. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Standish <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jun 26, 2014 8:46 pm > Subject: Re: Tyson is not atheist (was Re: So, a new kind of non-boolean, > non-digital, computer architecture > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 03:05:55PM -0400, spudboy100 via Everything List > wrote: > > For me, your analogy (which has been heard before of course) is simple to > satisfy. The Peoples Republic of China, upon hearing John Clark's > philosophical > challenge, and diverts its lunar rover to the planet Uranus. All this to the > chagrin of Mr. Clark, who yell's "Not fair!" Never the less, the space probe > deposits a Ming dynasty teapot into lagrangian orbit. Clark's screams, and > condition satisfied. > > > > > > Here's another way looking at things, to Mr. Aquinas's displeasure. There > > are > many minds in the Hubble Volume, one of them is God, and it is the smartest > and > oldest mind. In fact this mind, developed the universe into a place that is > occasionally fit for types of life, one of them carbon-water life. Say hello > to > God, Mr. Clark. Or to quote, Richard Dawkins, "Yes, I can imagine there are > god-like intelligences in the universe." Atheist, Agnostic, Believer? Sure. > All > three. > > > > Technically, those are demigods, of course. > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret > (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
